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Who We Are: YEG’s German Community

This week on my CBC Radio Active column, I talk with Arnim Joop about the history of the German community in Edmonton – and what it’s like today. We had a great chat at the new Mill Woods Edmonton Public Library location, where there was a lineup out the door at opening time! Luckily weContinue reading “Who We Are: YEG’s German Community”

Who We Are: YEG’s Somali Community

This week I got to chat with Ahmed “Knowmadic” Ali, a poet and spoken word artist in Edmonton about the Somali community here in town. If you’d like to hear our conversation, check out CBC Radio Active at 4:40pm tomorrow (Wednesday) or the program’s SoundCloud channel! Here are a few neat links I came acrossContinue reading “Who We Are: YEG’s Somali Community”

Who We Are in YEG: LGBTQ Community Past and Present

Last week I got to sit down with Michael Phair to dig into the history of the LGBTQ community here in Edmonton. A couple of years back I got to hear him speak about this on an Edmonton Heritage Council YEG Curiousities Bus Tour  and knew he had some of the hidden stories in town.Continue reading “Who We Are in YEG: LGBTQ Community Past and Present”

This Week’s CBC Column: YEG’s Muslim Community

This week my summer column returns to its normal time slot at 4:40pm on Wednesday. I will be speaking to the long Muslim history in Edmonton with help from social entrepreneur and heritage project leader, Omar Yaqub. If you can’t catch the column then, or you’d like to listen to past editions, please click hereContinue reading “This Week’s CBC Column: YEG’s Muslim Community”

Today’s CBC Column: Metis Community in Edmonton

I’ll be doing my CBC Radio Active column, Who We Are, at a special time today because of the holiday yesterday. Please tune in after the 3pm news to hear me try and untangle the complex history and present-day Metis community in Edmonton with the help of former Poet Laureate and metis writer, Anna MarieContinue reading “Today’s CBC Column: Metis Community in Edmonton”

Upcoming CBC Column: Edmonton’s Jewish Heritage and Community

Just got back from interviewing Paul Gifford, the archivist at the Jewish Archives and Historical Society of Edmonton and Northern Alberta (JAHSENA) for the first installment of my summer column. For the next 10 weeks I get to reprise my role as summer columnist for CBC Radio Active as I explore the diversity in ourContinue reading “Upcoming CBC Column: Edmonton’s Jewish Heritage and Community”

Opening Hearts and Starting Conversations

For the past six weeks, I’ve been working with other members of RISEdmonton (Reconciliation in Solidarity Edmonton) to make this heart garden happen. The group’s founder, Miranda Jimmy, was inspired to do this project by the one being installed during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s closing events in Ottawa, as well as ones that wereContinue reading “Opening Hearts and Starting Conversations”

Speaking to Edmonton’s Canadian Club this week

On Wednesday I will speak to the local chapter of the Canadian Club, at the beautiful Chateau Lacombe hotel, following in the footsteps of many luminaries and dignitaries!  I will trace a “Century of Flying in the Canadian North” through a narrative that explores the hope and heartbreak of aviation North of 60. Looking forward toContinue reading “Speaking to Edmonton’s Canadian Club this week”

Glowing Review of Polar Winds in Arctic!

Was so pleased to read a review of my latest book, Polar Winds, in Arctic, the Journal of the Arctic Institute of North America, by esteemed colleague Shirlee Smith Matheson: “As a reviewer and avid reader and writer of aviation history, I take my hat off to Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail for her work in containing this massiveContinue reading “Glowing Review of Polar Winds in Arctic!”